GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 475
HOUSE BILL 280

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF CERTAIN PYROTECHNICS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-410 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-410.  Manufacture, sale and use of pyrotechnics prohibited; public exhibitions permitted; common carriers not affected.
(a)	It shall be unlawful for any individual, firm, partnership or corporation to manufacture, purchase, sell, deal in, transport, possess, receive, advertise, use or cause to be discharged any pyrotechnics of any description whatsoever within the State of North Carolina: provided, however, that it shall be permissible for pyrotechnics to be exhibited, used or discharged at public exhibitions, such as fairs, carnivals, shows of all descriptions and public celebrations: provided, further, that the use of said pyrotechnics in connection with public exhibitions, such as fairs, carnivals, shows of all descriptions and public celebrations, shall be under supervision of experts who have previously secured written authority from the board of county commissioners of the county in which said pyrotechnics are to be exhibited, used or discharged; provided, further, that such written authority from the board of commissioners is not required for a public exhibition authorized by The University of North Carolina or the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and conducted on lands or buildings in Orange County owned by The University of North Carolina or the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; provided, further, that it shall not be unlawful for a common carrier to receive, transport, and deliver pyrotechnics in the regular course of its business.
(b)	Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 14-414, it shall be unlawful for any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation to sell pyrotechnics as defined in G.S. 14-414 (2), (3), (4)c., (5), or (6) to persons under the age of 16."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of July, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives